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Lisa Morton tells the fascinating history of seances in her new book, Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances. Discussion included necromancy, spook shows, Spiritualism, fraudulent mediums, D.D. Home, Helen Duncan, Florence Cook, William Crookes, the American Civil War, spirit rapping, EVP, and of course, plenty of ectoplasm! PLUS, Patrick didn’t miss the opportunity to ask a Halloween expert about how the pandemic could change our favorite holiday!
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Leave a comment | tags: 170, a history of seances, big seance, big seance #170, big seance podcast, big seance podcast #170, calling for the dead, calling the spirits, calling the spirits with lisa morton, civil war, d.d. home, daniel dunglas home, ectoplasm, electronic voice phenomena, electronic voice phenomenon, emma hardinge, erotic elements of the seance, EVP, florence cook, fraudulent mediums, fraudulent mediums in spiritualism, halloween, halloween 2020, halloween after 9/11, halloween during the pandemic, harry price, helen duncan, itc, katie king, necromancy, pepper's ghost, phantasmagoria light shows, phatasmagoria, podcast, raymond, seance, seance history, skepticism, skeptics, Spirit Box, spirit rapping, spiritualism, spiritualism during the civil war, spook shows, the modern seance, the spirit of katie king, was katie king real, what are spook shows, what does the modern seance look like, what is ectoplasm, what is evp, what is necromancy, what is spirit rapping, what were spook shows, what will halloween look like in 2020, william crookes, william peter blatty | posted in Book Discussions, EVP Research, Halloween, Interviews, Mediums/Psychics/Sensitives/Intuition, Paranormal Evidence, Paranormal Investigation Topics, séance, Skeptics, Spirit Communication, Spiritualism, The Big Séance Podcast
DeAnna Simpson and author Joni Mayhan join Patrick to discuss their new book, The Hanover Haunting: The DeAnna Simpson Story. The true story, which takes place in a home made popular by an episode of the Travel Channel’s The Dead Files, chronicles 12 years of frightening paranormal activity.
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Join Patrick and Karen A. Dahlman for part one of a special haunted road trip weekend to the Haunted Castle House in Brumley, Missouri. The owners share their experiences, and the journey that led them to buying a haunted house.
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Leave a comment | tags: 156, big seance, big seance podast, big seance podcast #156, bilocation, brumley missouri, brumley mo, cemetery, christians and the paranormal, civil war, crescent hotel, doppelganger, from skeptic to believer, ghost hunting, ghosts, haunted castle house, haunted house, haunted road trip, haunting, history, kare a dahlman, karen dahlman, nuwati herbals, ouija, ouija board, paranormal, paranormal evidence, paranormal investigation, podcast, seance, should I be sleeping north to south, skeptics, sleeping north to south, spirit communication, spiritual, supernatural, talking board, the dead files, the haunted castle house, the haunted castle house part one, thunder heart, travel | posted in Cemeteries, General, Ghosts in General, Haunted Spots, Interviews, Mediums/Psychics/Sensitives/Intuition, Other Paranormal Topics, Ouija, Paranormal Fun, Paranormal Investigation Topics, Skeptics, Spirit Communication, Spirit Guides, Spiritual, The Big Séance Podcast
Author and spiritual medium, Claire Broad, returns to discuss her new book, What the Dead are Dying to Teach Us: Lessons Learned from the Afterlife. Topics include Reincarnation, Rising Up Above Fear, Nobody Dies Alone, and more!
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What really happened during the Enfield Poltergeist investigation conducted by Maurice Grosse and Guy Lyon Playfair from 1977 to 1978? Were the voices from Janet Hodgeson real? Just how much was Ed and Lorraine Warren involved? And was the case anything like the Conjuring 2 film portrayed it? Dr. Melvyn Willin digitized the tapes that haven’t been heard in forty years and compiled the transcriptions into his brand new book, The Enfield Poltergeist Tapes: One of the most disturbing cases in history. What really happened?
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After the 2016 Presidential Election in the US, Michael M. Hughes created a spell to bind Donald Trump. Witches and magic practitioners jumped on board, the mass media took notice, and it went viral internationally. Michael has a new book, “Magic for the Resistance: Rituals and Spells for Change.”
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Lacey Reinhardt is the owner and operator of Haunted STL Tours and the Host of the American Spirits Podcast. Patrick and Lacey discuss paranormal tourism, ethics and cultural sensitivity in the paranormal field, “ghost hunter” stereotypes, and so many delicious tangents!
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Leave a comment | tags: 140, american spirits podcast, big seance, big seance podcast, big seance podcast 140, cultural sensitivity, ego, episode 140, ethics, ethics in the paranormal, ghost hunting, haunted, haunted stl, haunted stl tours, heritage, lacey reinhardt, non-verbal communication, paranormal, paranormal burnout, paranormal edutainment, paranormal ethics, paranormal evidence, paranormal investigation, paranormal stereotypes, paranormal tourism, paranormal tourism and ethics in the field with Lacey Reinhardt, pet peeves, podcast, politics, politics in the paranormal, seance, spirit communication, standardization, tourism, working with animals | posted in Cemeteries, EVP Research, Ghosts in General, Interviews, Paranormal Evidence, Paranormal Investigation Topics, Paranormal TV, Skeptics, Spirit Communication, The Big Séance Podcast
Listeners respond to episode 137 where Patrick discusses comedian John Oliver’s rant on psychic mediums. Our most recent guest, International Spiritual Medium Barrie John responds as well. Plus the debut appearance of Dajon, our new 8-year-old book reviewer, on assignment with a review of the new series, Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol.
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English comedian and political commentator John Oliver recently went on a skeptic rant about psychic mediums in his HBO series, Last Week Tonight. Are psychics offended? Were you offended? Should we be? Does he have valid points? I’d love to know your thoughts.
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Psychic Medium Kristy Robinett returns to the parlor to share experiences and stories from her new book, Journey to the Afterlife: Comforting Messages & Lessons from Loved Ones in Spirit. We talk about Heaven, Hell, and everything in between!
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Responding to John Oliver Plus Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol – Big Seance Podcast #139
Listeners respond to episode 137 where Patrick discusses comedian John Oliver’s rant on psychic mediums. Our most recent guest, International Spiritual Medium Barrie John responds as well. Plus the debut appearance of Dajon, our new 8-year-old book reviewer, on assignment with a review of the new series, Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol.
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